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        1 - Reflection of Cohens Narrations on The Prophet Sȋrah: An Analysis of Pre-Prophetic Mission Narrations
        Naser Abedi Abedi Gholam Hosein Zargarinejad Sina Forouzesh Osman Yousefi
        The compilation of the Prophet’s sȋrah was begun many years after his and companion death in the Umayyad period and evolved in the Abbasid period. The next look, along with the foresight and the historical distance between the events and the writing and by being a More
        The compilation of the Prophet’s sȋrah was begun many years after his and companion death in the Umayyad period and evolved in the Abbasid period. The next look, along with the foresight and the historical distance between the events and the writing and by being aware of the situation of their time, and the past news, caused the narrators to find a suitable opportunity for storytelling. One of the methods used by the narrators is to include the news of the Cohens in sȋrah .This article seeks to answer this question: What are the purposes of biographers who put the news of Cohens in the center of sȋrah and how have dealt with them? A study on the main sources shows that the inclusion of the Cohens reports in the stories was a kind of making authenticity for those stories. This means that a forged story with supernatural forces was represented genuine. This is something that was easily accepted in a society that was far from rationality. Manuscript profile
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        2 - The Entry of Historical Narratives to Islamic Genealogy by the End of Third Century A.H: the Process and Motives
        muhammad taqavi ali bayat
        Nasab was important for Arabs as the identity of their tribes in pre-Islamic era. As Islam emphasised on the equality of all people so nasab significance was temporarily diminished. After the death of the Prophet, because of many factors, such as the centralism and deve More
        Nasab was important for Arabs as the identity of their tribes in pre-Islamic era. As Islam emphasised on the equality of all people so nasab significance was temporarily diminished. After the death of the Prophet, because of many factors, such as the centralism and development of sovereignity, it was again a new attention to nsab and so that nasab-writing became one of the important genres of Islamic historiography. While the main subject of those works was the Arab tribes, the historical narratives also interpenetrated because of the arrival of non-Arab in the Islamic world and also the socio-political changes. According to nasab-works that remains from third century and the amount of historical narratives that intrantedto them, the relation between historical narratives and nasab-writing could be explained in three stages: first, before the third century AH that nasab-writings were distinguished from historical works. Second, from the late second century and the early third century A.H that they were combined in the works of historians such as Mada'ini and Zubayr Ibn Al-Bakkār in a limited extent. Finally, from the last middle of third Century A.H that historical narratives widely entered in the nasab-writing. So, inspite of its title, Ansāb al-Ashrāf could be regarded as a historical not nasab work. Manuscript profile
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        3 - The Religious-Ethnic Approach in the Futūḥ-Writings of the Islamic Period; A Study on Futūḥ Al-Miṣr va Akhbāruha by Ibn ‘Abd al-Hakam
        Mohammad Taqavi
        Futūḥ Misr va Akhbāruha by Ibn Abd Al-Hakam is one of the works on Futūh in Early Islamic Historiography that was written about Western Islamic Lands, especially Egypt. The pioneering nature of this book, which historians have used since then, makes it necessary to obta More
        Futūḥ Misr va Akhbāruha by Ibn Abd Al-Hakam is one of the works on Futūh in Early Islamic Historiography that was written about Western Islamic Lands, especially Egypt. The pioneering nature of this book, which historians have used since then, makes it necessary to obtain the historical approach of Ibn Abd Al-Hakam and what affecting his historiography. This issue has been considered in this research with a partial view of the narratives of the mentioned book. On this basis, firstly, the importance of historical information of this book in the course of Islamic Futūḥ-writings has been examined and then based on ethnic and religious-jurisprudential attitudes that can be recognized in the historical thought of Ibn-Abd al-Hakim, his way of narrating the process of Muslim conquests in Egypt is studied. In many cases, those attitudes have been used in parallel with each other in the book's narrations Manuscript profile
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        4 - Local Histories of the Jazīra: Structural Typology and Content Evaluation
        hossein nazari pasikhani Masoumali Panjeh Younes Farahmand
        Ta’rīkh Almawṣil by Abu Zakariya Azdī (d. 334).); Ta’rīkh Raqqa by Qushairī Harrani (d. 334).); Ta’ rīkh Mayyāfāriqīn by Ibn Azarq Farqi (d. 577); And Ta’ rīkh Irbil by Ibn Mustawfī Irbilī (d. 637)) are  four surviving local histories of the More
        Ta’rīkh Almawṣil by Abu Zakariya Azdī (d. 334).); Ta’rīkh Raqqa by Qushairī Harrani (d. 334).); Ta’ rīkh Mayyāfāriqīn by Ibn Azarq Farqi (d. 577); And Ta’ rīkh Irbil by Ibn Mustawfī Irbilī (d. 637)) are  four surviving local histories of the Jazīra in the Middle Islamic period. Apart from being “local”, what other types of Islamic historiography they are?  A structural and content review of those books revealed: 1. Ta’rīkh Almawṣil is a “local-general chronography” which, in addition to the history of Mosul and the Jazīra, has long report about the history of  late Umayyad and the first Abbasid era; 2. Ta’rīkh Raqqa is a (tabaqat)-“prosopography” which mentions the condition of the “Ulama” of Raqqa and Jazīra, but has very few narrations about the geography and history of this city; 3. Ta’ rīkh Mayyāfāriqīn has narrated the local history of Mayyāfariqīn and the Jazīra under the history of the Caliphate and the history of the Hamdānī, Marwānī and Artuqī dynasties; 4. Ta’ rīkh Irbil is a “non-alphabetic prosopography” in which the lives and works of a number of Ulama and writers of the sixth and seventh centuries AH are discussed Manuscript profile
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        5 - -Hyecho’s Diary and Its Implications for the Historical Studies of Iran and Islam
        Iman Taji
        This article reviews the most important implications of the Hyecho’s diary for the historical studies of Iran and Islam. Hyecho was a Korean monk who travelled to India, central Asia, and Iran in the 8th century. Although what is remained from his book is just som More
        This article reviews the most important implications of the Hyecho’s diary for the historical studies of Iran and Islam. Hyecho was a Korean monk who travelled to India, central Asia, and Iran in the 8th century. Although what is remained from his book is just some fragmented parts, it contains important information regarding with historical studies of Iran and Islam. In fact, he was a contemporary observer of the Arab’s conquests in Iranian plateau which make his observations valuable for the historians. In this paper, parts of this book which are related to the Iran and Islam will be reviewed.    Manuscript profile
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        6 - The place of historian doctors in Islamic historiography
        hassan abdipour Asghar Montazerolghaem Torab Attari
        "Islamic historiography" or "historiography of Muslims" has a special place among its other components as one of the important dimensions of Islamic culture and civilization. It is said that in completing and compiling Islamic historiography, individuals, classes and va More
        "Islamic historiography" or "historiography of Muslims" has a special place among its other components as one of the important dimensions of Islamic culture and civilization. It is said that in completing and compiling Islamic historiography, individuals, classes and various groups, including doctors, scholars, historians, etc., have contributed. Also, it seems that despite extensive studies conducted on Islamic doctors, less study has been conducted on people who have been practicing both doctoring and writing at the same time. Therefore, these are the questions that arise in this regard; What role has these people (doctors of historians or doctor historians) played in the development and completion of Islamic historiography? What place have these doctors had in Islamic historiography? Has historians had access to resources and documents more than other historians? What methods have the adopted in their historiography? And so on. The first hypothesis that can be articulated is that there have been famous historians among doctors of the Islamic era who have played a significant role in Islamic historiography, given their places and positions; also, there have been historians who, besides compiling historical books, have participated in medicine and owned important medical books. In the current article, it has been tried to answer the above questions and other similar questions appropriately, while dealing with the status of historian doctors in Islamic historiography, based on historical sources and documents. Manuscript profile
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        7 - An Analysis of Madaʾini Approaches in Writing History
        hosein moradi nasab
        Madaʾini has vast knowledge and intelligence that is evident in writing various historical topics. His method of recording historical events was novel And it has preserved a valuable treasure for future generations. He was able to add new types to Islamic historiography More
        Madaʾini has vast knowledge and intelligence that is evident in writing various historical topics. His method of recording historical events was novel And it has preserved a valuable treasure for future generations. He was able to add new types to Islamic historiography by writing on various topics. This research was obtained through analytical method and study of original sources, from the lab of texts to his writings. His approach is based on religious beliefs and social beliefs, that shows his sense of responsibility towards the society of that time. This article answers that question what approach did Madani take in writing history; And what new forms it has created in Islamic historiography?The result is that he has paid attention to new issues in the biography of the Prophet and Shiite Imams with a new approach. On anthropology and social issues, He has written about prominent figures in society, recognize enemy, and women. Manuscript profile
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        8 - The causes and contexts of the development and prosperity of historiography during the period of the Mamluk Sultans (648-923 AH)
        amirhosein sharifi sattar Oudi RAMAZAN rezayi
        Review: Historiography grew and flourished in the Mamluk era in such a way that this period should be considered the peak of Islamic historiography. The writing of hundreds of books with many and voluminous volumes in all kinds of historiography and especially in the f More
        Review: Historiography grew and flourished in the Mamluk era in such a way that this period should be considered the peak of Islamic historiography. The writing of hundreds of books with many and voluminous volumes in all kinds of historiography and especially in the fields of general, local, and dynastic histories shows this issue. No period of Islamic history has seen so many historical works. The basic question of this research is: Why was historiography so much attention during the period of Mamluk Sultans (648-923 AHThe findings of this research indicate that the long crusades and also the Mongols with the Mamluks have been very effective in this field. Muslim historians intend to write their books to remember the great and brilliant victories of the Mamluk sultans against the eastern and western enemies of Islam for future generations. The encouragement and persuasion of the Mamluk sultans and emirs and some other factors that are the subject of this article have also been very effective in this field. The study method used in this research is descriptive-analytical and based on reliable sources as well as looking at study and research writings and referring to the library and digital resources. Manuscript profile
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        9 - Insight and Method Historiography of Hamzeh Esfahani In the Sanni al-Muluk and al-arz al-Anbia
        Zekrollah Mohammadi Pourya Esmaeili
        This article examines the historiography style of Hamzeh Esfahani, the historian of thefourth century AH. His book is Sanni al-Muluk and al-arz al-Anbia, which was writtento Arabic in 350 AH. There are ten episodes that have been dedicated in several chapterto the histo More
        This article examines the historiography style of Hamzeh Esfahani, the historian of thefourth century AH. His book is Sanni al-Muluk and al-arz al-Anbia, which was writtento Arabic in 350 AH. There are ten episodes that have been dedicated in several chapterto the history of the kings of Iran, Rome, Greece, the Copts, the Israelites, the Qassani,and Quraysh. The author was heavily patriotic and influenced by Shubia movement,which is very clear in the content of the book. This question arises, what was the basis ofthe insight and method of historiography of Hamzeh Esfahani? The hypothesis is asfollows, his vision is universal and is based on divine appreciation, because it deals withthe history of the various tribes according to divine providence and his methodology isbased on the historiography of the dynasties, which is based on the tradition of Iranianhistoriography. This article with use the method of historical research is based on thedescription and analize, examines the dimensions and angles of the subject gives. Themain findings of the research show, which Hamzeh Esfahani, influenced by SassanidPahlavi texts such as, Xvatai-Namag, as well as with awareness of governments, tribesand various religions, named as the book History of the Prophets and the Kings, So thisway Link and matched between the two and with a clever to draw the attention of thepeople to his book, which is interesting in this regard. Manuscript profile